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Bid Protests
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Inside Government Contracts
Double Your Pleasure: GAO’s Annual Protest Report Shows that Sustain Rate Has Almost Doubled, But the Effectiveness Rate Remained Flat
In mid-December, GAO issued its Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2016. The report reveals, among other things, that GAO’s protest sustain rate for this past fiscal…
The Federal Government Contracts & Procurement Blog
GAO: Contractor (Not Agency) Responsible for Alleged Technical Glitch
Bid protests concerning proposal interpretation present an uphill battle for federal contractors. Both the Government Accountability Office and the Court of Federal Claims take the expansive view that the contractor…
Government Contracts Law
Task and Delivery Order Bid Protests Are Back in Business at the GAO
If you’ve recently considered filing a bid protest, you may have found yourself out of luck due to the expiration of the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (“GAO”) statutory jurisdiction to…
GovCon & Trade
UPDATE: Civilian Task Order Protest Jurisdiction Already Restored, DoD Task Order Threshold Likely to Increase Soon
As we reported on December 14, 2016, on December 8, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2017, which calls for changes to the Government Accountability Office’s…
Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
UPDATE: GAO Jurisdiction over Task Order Protests Valued at More Than $10 Million Restored
On December 14, 2016, President Obama signed H.R. 5995 into law, removing the sunset provision from 41 U.S.C. § 4106 for jurisdiction over task order protests valued at more than…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
Sustains on the Rise in FY 2016: The Key Takeaways from GAO’s Annual Report to Congress
On December 15, 2016, GAO released its Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2016, including its updated Bid Protest Statistics for Fiscal Years 2012-2016. The Report, which GAO is…
BuildSmart
GAO Bid Protest Sustain Rate Nearly Doubles in FY 2016
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued to Congress its annual bid protest report. Of particular note, the report states that, “[o]f the protests resolved on the merits during fiscal…
GovCon & Trade
Legislation Restores GAO Civilian Task Order Protest Jurisdiction (for Good this Time?), But Introduces New Differences Between DoD and Civilian Task Order Jurisdiction
On December 8, 2016, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2017 previously passed by the House, and the legislation is pending President Obama's signature. Once signed,…
Federal Construction Contracting Blog
Proposed 2017 NDAA is a Mixed Bag for Government Contractors
Last month, we reported that the Government Accountability Office’s (“GAO”) statutory authority to hear bid protests on civilian task orders exceeding $10 million had expired, leading to a parade of…
Federal Construction Contracting Blog
Court of Federal Claims Puts Corrective Action Under the Microscope
In a recently released bid protest decision that could spell trouble for federal agencies, the Court of Federal Claims rejected as unreasonable the Federal Highway Administration’s (“FHWA”) proposed corrective action…